Killing the Trade Strategies to End the Illegal Wildlife Trade and Make Conservation Pay

About this book

The global illegal wildlife trade is estimated by Interpol to be worth $20 billion annually. A combination of poverty and rich-world demand is driving several thousand species towards extinction and the conservation sector has struggled to respond. Killing the Trade shows that with a shift in strategy, that dire situation can be turned on its head. By bringing together lessons from conservation successes and failures and incorporating insights from the commercial sector, the book sets out a workable holistic strategy to address the underlying causes of the illicit trade. Built around the guiding principle – if it pays it stays – the book provides policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders with an action plan to help bring the multi-billion-dollar trade to an end.

Contents

Introduction
1. The Illegal Wildlife Trade Overview
2. Solving IWT
3. Monetising nature
4. Communities
5. Law enforcement
6. Disrupt the networks
7. Demand reduction
8. Human and financial capital
9. Showcasing the solution
10. Remind and revise

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Biography

Richard Milburn MBE teaches the Environmental Security MA in the School of Security Studies at King's College London. He completed his PhD within the Department of War Studies, researching the links between wildlife conservation, security, peacebuilding and development, conducting fieldwork in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He acts as the UK representative of the Pole Pole Foundation, a multi-award-winning Congolese conservation charity and Earthshot Prize finalist based in Bukavu.